Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education

Who We Are

The Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education (CPCRE) was established by Queensland Health in 2001 to enhance palliative care services in Queensland through education and research.

CPCRE is led by a consortium of organisations who work with other agencies to improve the quality of care provided to people with a life limiting illness. The organisations comprising the Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education consortium include:

Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital;

The Prince Charles Hospital;

Queensland University of Technology;

Karuna Hospice Services Inc; and

CheckUP (formerly General Practice Queensland)

What We Do

Palliative care is an approach that improves quality of life of patients and their families facing problems associated with life threatening illness, through prevention of suffering by early identification, and impeccable assessment and treatment of, pain and other problems, physical, psychological and spiritual.